Fabaceae
Cajanus

Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.) Maesen

First published in Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85(4): 160 (1985 publ. 1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pakistan to NW. & Central India, NE. Jawa. It is a scrambling annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Jawa, Pakistan, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Queensland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Memon, R.A. & al. (2014). Illustrated weed flora of Cotton crop of Khairpur district, Sindh, Pakistan. Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 5-12.

Seed Collection Guides

  • Maesen, L.J.G. van der (1985) Cajanus DC. and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae). Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-4,
  • Maesen, L.J.G. van der (1985) Cajanus DC. and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae). Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-4, PP 160_164_
  • Maesen, L.J.G. van der (1985) Cajanus DC. and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae). Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-4, pp 160-164.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Jain, S. K. (1991). Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany
  • Van der Maesen, L. J. G (1985). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Papers 85-4:1-225. Cajanus & Atylosia
  • Van der Maesen, L. J. G. (1986). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Papers 85-4:1-225. Cajanus & Atylosia..

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 Misra, O.P. [41668] India K000782095 No
Jan 1, 1980 Clarke, C.B. [23753] India K000782101 No
Jan 1, 1980 Mooney, H.F. [3639] India K000782099 No
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India K000900601 Type Yes
Remanandan, P. [4585] India K000782096 No
Ansari, M.Y. [101521] India K000782104 No
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K000900600 Type Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [186] India K000900599 Type Yes
Remanandan, P. [4572] India K000782097 No
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [2746] India Atylosia platycarpa K000782103 No
Remanandan, P. [4557] India Atylosia platycarpa K000782098 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0